Retired U.S. women’s national team star Carli Lloyd and her husband Brian Hollins are expecting their first child after going through multiple rounds of in vitro fertilization. Lloyd announced her pregnancy on Instagram on Wednesday and said her baby is due in October.
“It has been a rollercoaster of a journey to get to this point,” Lloyd wrote. “We are beyond excited to be parents!”
Lloyd, a two-time World Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist, played in 316 matches with the USWNT and scored 134 goals and 61 assists. Her decorated career includes scoring three goals in the U.S.’ win over Japan in the 2015 World Cup final.
In 2021, Lloyd retired at age 39 and transitioned to a career in broadcasting.
Lloyd detailed her pregnancy journey in a personal essay for Women’s Health magazine and said she always wanted to be a mom but didn’t think about it too much during her soccer career. After her retirement, she struggled to get pregnant and eventually began IVF treatments in April 2023.
“It was a waiting game that we literally had no control over,” Lloyd said in the essay. “And it’s hard. I felt all the emotions during my career — stress, worry, fear, anxiety — but I’d never felt all the emotions that IVF brought on. I felt completely out of…
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